From the Files of the Kosciusko County Historical Society

Editor’s note: This is a retrospective article that runs a few times a month on InkFreeNews.

Oct. 8, 1991 — Biomet executive Dane Miller was one of a few select business leaders who met with President Bush Monday to discuss economic issues.

Miller, along with nine other chief executive officers from top U.S. companies, met with Bush, Vice President Dan Quayle, cabinet members and other economic advisers in a 90-minute informal meeting Monday at the White House.

Oct. 1, 1984 — There were three major fires in the county over the weekend, and two are still under investigation.

Arson is believed to be the cause of a fire with an estimated $50,000 damage to a Syracuse apartment building Friday night. All occupants of the five apartments escaped unharmed.

In Warsaw, the National Structural Plastics Inc., near the 300 block of Argonne Road, was totally destroyed and four apartments in the Cost-A-Plenty complex were badly damaged early Sunday morning. No cause has been determined in the Argonne Road blaze while sparks from a fireplace was the cause of the apartment complex fire.

No one was injured in either blaze.

Oct. 9, 1974 — The grand opening of Kline’s World and the newly remodeled Kline’s main floor in downtown Warsaw will begin Oct. 10 at 9 a.m. and will continue through Oct. 26.

A ribbon will be tied between the two stores — Kline’s World at the corner of Market and Buffalo streets and Kline’s main store location at 113-115 E. Market St. — and it will be snipped at 9 a.m. while traffic is halted on Market Street for a brief period.

Oct. 11, 1954 — Warsaw, Kosciusko County and surrounding towns today were attempting to recover from the heaviest rainfall in history, a record 6.16 inches over Saturday and Sunday, that caused thousands of dollars of damage, flooded countless basements, blocked roads and highways and left water standing on valuable farmland around cottages and homes.

– Compiled by InkFreeNews reporter Lasca Randels